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Veteran-owned Heritage Drone Service outlines low-cost drone spraying option for county ditches
Summary
Heritage Drone Service owner Jake Wetzel described drone-based pesticide and vegetation control services to the drainage board, saying drones reduce chemical volumes and can lower per-mile costs compared with traditional methods; no board action was requested.
Jake Wetzel, owner of Heritage Drone Service, presented to the Marshall County Drainage Board about using drones for ditch vegetation management and pesticide application. Wetzel described the company as a small veteran-owned business started in 2022 that has sprayed roughly 50,000 acres across northern Indiana and parts of Illinois and said about 65–70% of its work is agricultural.
Wetzel told the board that drone application can lower chemical volumes and reduce cost compared…
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